( 188 ) 



?, Letti, is xii. I'.in-J. (X,,. (U'.iT.) 



Barchewitz described in ITol a bird fruiu Letti, which was evidently Lohi- 

 vanellus miles (Bodd.)- d'- Finseh, yotcx Lei/di'ii Mui<. xxii. ji. 3i)o. 



PLATALEAB. 

 41. Platalea regia ftunld. 



Platalm reijhi Gould, P.Z.^., 1837, p. lnij ( Australia). 



Platalea intermedia Grant, /A/x, 1889, p. 62 (Port Moresby, Xew Guinea). 



?, Wetter, 20. x. 1002. (No. (iii'JO.) "Iris chestnut brown, feet black, bill 

 black with pale tiji." 



AKDEIDAE. 

 42. Ardea sumatrana HafH. 



Anha siiiiwtrana Raffles, Trans. Linn. Sot: Land., xiii. p. 32.5 (1822 : Sumatra). 



c? ad., Roma, 2i). viii. 1002. (No. 5407.) "Iris golden yellow, feet pale 

 chromeons, bill black, laterally greenish, pale greenish along the bottom." 



4;i. Notophoyx novaehollandiae (Lath.). 



Ardta novaehollandiae Latham, Jnd. Or/i. ii. p. 701 (1790 : Australia). 



? ad., Roma, 14. vii. 1002. (No. 5141.) " Iris whitish yellow, feet ochreons 

 yellow, bill black, dirty white below towards base." 



44. Nycticorax caledonica (Gm.). 



Ardea caledonica Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 626 (1788 : New Caledonia). 

 Nycticorax calediinicus, Finsch, Notea Leijden .l/us. xxii. p. 308 (Kisser). 



S ad., ? ad., ? jnv., Moa, December 1002. (Nos. 6353—6355.) 

 S ? ad., Roma, 2U, 27. viii. 10ii2. (Nos. 5408, 5826.) 



45. Demiegretta sacra (Gm.). 



Ardea sacra Gmelin, Syxt. Nat. i. p. lilO (1788 : ex Latham, Tahiti insulisque vicinis) ; Finsch, 

 Notes Leyden Mins. xxii. p. 308 (Kisser, Babber). 



1 i (slate), 2 ? ? (white), 1 ¥ (slate). Kisser, May lOnl. (Nos. 3073, 3074, 

 4U06, 4U07.) 



1 ? (white), 1 ? (slate), Roma, July 1;mi2. (Nos. 5203, 5204.) 



1 ? (slate). Wetter, 27. ix. 1002. (No. 57iiii.) 



2 c?c? (white), 2 rfc? (slate), 4 ? ? (slate), 1 ? (white), 1 unsexed (white), Moa, 

 November, December 1902. (Nos. 5265, 6276—6278, 6356—6359, 6415, 6416.) 



40. Bubulcus coromanda (Bodd.). 



Cancroma curoniitnda Boddaert, Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 54 (178;^ ; ex DaubenUm, Coromandel coast). 



<?, Wetter, 26. .x. 1002. (No. 5870.) " Iris whitish sulphureous, with black 

 outer ring, feet black, bill yellow." 

 S, Moa, 25. xi. 1002. (No. 6275.) 



ANATIDAE. 

 47. Anas gibberifrons >S. Miill. 



Anas ijibherifrons S. Mull., Verh. Nil. Gcr/i. Nd. ImL, Luml- en Vi,ll.cnl:unde,p. 150 (Celebes). 



2 cf ad., Wetter, 14. x. 1902. (Nos. 5771, 5772.) " Iris chocolate red." 



